Men with violent faces rose and cursed him, and shook their fists at him.

Others clamoured that the coup was ineffective.

They were not going to be at the mercy of an idiot who knew nothing of the game.

The hand must be dealt over again.
"_Jamais de la vie_!" shouted the banker.
"_Le coup est bon_!" cried the raven in authority, and the croupier's spoon hovered over the tableau.

But the horse-headed Englishman clutched the two louis he had staked.